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FAUCET Filed Fe 17, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 24, 1924.

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JOSEPH A. COSTELLO, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE CLEVELAND IB BASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OE OHIO.

FAUCET.

Application filed February 17, 1923. Serial No. 619,553.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn A. Cos'rnnno, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented. a new and useful Faucet,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in faucets more especially adapted for use in connection with oil-tanks and comprising 'a casing which has a liquid-inlet and a body having a downwardly projecting spout, a hollow and ported rotatable plug seated in said body and controlling communication between said inlet and the spout, a drip cup arranged externally of the casing and in position to catch drip from the spout in the closed position of the plug and movable circumferentially of the plug, and means whereby said cup is moved from under the spout and circumferentially of the plug during the rotation of the plug from its closed position into its fully open position.

One object of this invention is to so relatively arrange said plug, the spout and the drip-cup that said cup, upon actuating the plug from an open position into its closed position, is in position to receive liquid that may drip from the spout, and that said cup is not, at any time during the actuation of the plug from its closed position into its fully open position, in the way of the passage of liquid from the spout into a suitable receptacle placed in position under the spout for receiving liquid from the spout and from said cup.

Another object is to cause the drip-cup, during the rotation of the plug from its closed position into a fully open position,

- to move far enough upwardly and circumferentially of the plug into a position higher than the discharging end of the spout to insure emptying of said cup into the receptacle positioned to receive liquid from the spout.

Another object is to have the drip-cup movable circumferentiall of the plug in the direction in which t e plug is rotated during the actuation of the plug from its closed position into an open position, to so contour the lower and discharging end portion ofthe spout that the s out has the lower extremity of its side w ich faces in said direction nearer than the lower ex tremity of the opposite of the spout to the axis of the plug, to have the drip-cup ofsuch contour and dimensions that the upper edge of the cup, in the closed position of the plug, abuts against the lower end face of the spout and meets said end face of the spout all around the discharging end of the passage formed in and by the spout so as to form a substantially fluidtight joint between the spout and said cup, to have said end face of the spout wholly in one and the same inclined plane and approaching the axis of the plug not only in the direction in which the plug is rotated during the actuation of the plug from its closed position into an open position but to the extent required to prevent the higher portion of said face from obstructing or interfering with the movement of the dripoup from under the spout and circumferentially of the plug in said direction during the rotation of the plug from its closed position into its fully open position notwithstanding that the upper edge of said cup, in the closed position of the plug, abuts against said face all round the discharging end of the aforesaid passage.

Another object is to have the drip-cup formed on an arm of a lever attached to the plug adjacent one end face of the plug, to have said arm provided with a projecting member terminating in an ear and out of the way of liquid running from the spout during the movement of said cup from under the spout, and to cause said ear to register with an ear formed on the hereinbefore mentioned casing when said cup is in its drip-catching position so as to permit the application, to said ears, of the bow of a padlock for locking the cup in said position.

Another object is to facilitate the manufacture and assemblage of the component parts of my improved faucet.

With these objects in view, and to attain any other object hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and relative arrangements of parts, hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims, and lllustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of a faucet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1 and shows the rotatable plug of the faucet in its closed position and the drip-cut in its drip-catching position. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sections taken along the line 3-3 and line 4-4 respectively in Fig. 2.

. Figs. 5 and 6 are sections showing a portion of Fig. 2, except that in Fig. 5 the rotatable plug is shown as having begun to open during the actuation of the plug from its closed position into its fully open position and the drip-cup is shown as having partially moved from under under the spout, and in Flg. 6 said plug is shown in its fully open position and the drip-cup is shown as having been actuated forwardly and upwardly from under the spout. Q

My improved faucet comprises a metal casing comprising a body, which (see Figs. 1 and 2) consists of a substantially horizontal tapering metal shell 10 having a head 11 at its diametrically smaller end, as shown 1n Fig. 4. Said body 10 has its interior chamber 12 extending from the head 11, which forms an end wall of said chamber, to the diametrically larger end of the body and containing a valve in the form of a substantially horizontal externally tapering rotatable plug 13 which has bearing in said body and is hollow and ported as will hereinafter appear.

The hereinbefore mentioned casing (see Figs. 2 and 4) also comprises a spout 15 which is formed at the bottom of andprojects substantially vertically downwardly from the body 10, and the passage 16 formed interiorly of and extending through the spout extends substantially vertically downwardly from the chamber 12 to the lower ex tremity of the spout.

Said casing (see Figs. 1 and 2) also con1 prises a substantially horizontal tubular member 17 forming the liquid-inlet'of the casing and preferably extending rearwardly from the body 10 and arranged substantially at a right angle to and higher than the spout 15 and having its rear end portion externally screw-threaded so as to render said member 17 adapted to be threaded into an oil-tank or liquid-supplying pipe or container not shown, and the passage 18 formed interiorly of said member 17 extends to the chamber 12.

The plug 13 (see Fig. 4) tapers in the direction of the head 11, and the surrounding wall of the chamber 12 forms the seat for said plug which is held in proper engagement with said seat by a coiled spring 20 applied in any approved manner externally of the valve-casing The plug 13 is shown spaced, at its diametrically smaller end face, from the inner face of the head 11 and provided with an axial stem 21 extending loosely through and outwardly from said-head. The spring 20 is mounted on said stem 21 and confined between the valve-casing and an annular shoulder 22 formed internally of a protective sleeve 23 for said spring. Said sleeve surrounds said spring and at its outer end is slidably mounted on the stem 21 and abuts against the inner face of a nut 25 threaded onto the outer end portion of said stem.

, The plug .13 (see Figs. 2 and 4) has an interior chamber 26 which is in communication with and extends between two apertures or ports 27 and 28 formed in the outer circumferential shell of the plug and extending to the outer circumference of said shell, and said plug, the spout 15 and the tubular member 17 are so relatively arranged that in the closed position of the plug an imperforate portion of said shell closes the inner end of the spout and the port 27 is in full communication with the passage 18 in the member 17, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and that when the lug is in its fully open position the port 27 is in full communication with the spout and the port 28 is in full communication with the passage 18, as shown in Fig. 6. It will be observed, therefore, that the plug 13 controls communication between the spout 15 and the tubular member 17 or liquid-inlet of the valvecasing.

The plug 13 (see Figs. 1 and 4) is externally provided, preferably centrall of its diametrically larger end face, with an axial stem 30 to which a lever 31 is attached in any approved manner, as by a pin 32, and the relative arrangement of the parts is preferably such that said lever extends, in the closed position of the plug, as shown in Fig. 2, below the spout. 15. The lever 31 has an arm 33 which is arranged to extend under the body 10 of the valve-casing in the closed position of the plug, and said arm is provided with a drip-cup 35 formed preferably integral with said arin. In the closed position of the plug 13 the cup 35 is arranged under the spout 15 and in position to catch drip from the spout, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The lower end face 36 of the spout 15 is at a suitable angle to a horizontal plane and faces forwardly as well as downwardly. and the drip-cup has the dimensions and contour required to abut against said end face in the closed position of the plug. By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that the drip-cup 35 is operatively connected with the plug 13, and that said cup is arranged to be moved from under the spout forwardly and upwardly circumferentially of the plug in the direction in which the plug is rotated during actuation of the plug from its closed position shown in Fig. 2 into its fully open position shown in Fig. 6, and the lower and discharging end portion of the spout is shown as having such contour that the spout has the lower extremity of its forward side which faces in the last-mentioned direction nearer than the lower extremity of its rearward or opposite side to thefaxis of the lug. Preferabl the upper edge of. the

of the spout all around the lower. and'discharging end of the passage 16 in the spout so as to form a substantially fluid-tight joint between the spout and said cup, and said end face of the spout is wholly m one and the same inclined plane and gradually approaches the axis of the plug not only in the direction in which the-plug is rotated duringthe actuation of the plug from its closed position into an open position but to Y the extent required to prevent the higher.

portion of said face from obstructing .or interfering with the movement of the dripcup from'under the spout and circumferen- L tiallyof the I the rotation o the plug from its closed posilug in said direction during tion into its fully open position notwithstanding that the upper edge of the drip-cup abuts, in the closed position of the plug,

against said face all around the lower and 'fdlscharging end'of the aforesaid passage 16.-

Obviously the lower end face 36 of the spout forms a stop for the drip-cup upon the rotation of theplug from an open position into its closed position.

The port 27 is not only out of communication with but spaced somewhat from the passage in the spout when the plug is in its closed position, and the relative arrangement ofitlie parts is such that the drip-cup is forward and out of the way of any feed of liquid into the spout as soon as the plug has begun to open during the actuation of the plug from its closed position into its fully openposition and consequently forward of anydischarge of liquid from the spout during the actuation of theplug from its closed position shown in Fig. 2 1nto a partially open position. as shown in Fig. 5 as well as into its fully open position shown in Fig. 6. Preferably the relative arrangement of the parts is such that, as shown in Fig. 6, the

ripscup'is forward of the body 10 and 'wholly above the'spout in the fully open position ofthe plug. Y

The hereinbefore mentioned casing (see Figs. 1, 2, 3 and4) is externally provided,

at the rear of the lever-facing'side portion 0f the spout 15,- with a laterally facing car 37, and the drip-cup-carrying arm 33 is'provided, at the lever-facing sideof the cup 35, v

with a projecting member 38 terminating in an ear 39,which, in the closed position of the I plug, is arranged at the outer side of and registers with the ear 37 on the casing so that 1 sald ears are relatively arranged as required,

in the closed position of the plug, to receive the how 40 of a pad-lock 41 for locking said cup its drip-catching position. The padtal hollow andportable rotatable plug seated insaid body and controlling communication between said inlet andthe spout, and a dripcup arranged externally of the casing and operatively connected ,with the plug and having a movement circumferentially of the plug, said cup being in its drip-catching position under the spout in the closed position of the plug. and "arranged to move circumferentially of the plug inthe' direction in which the plug is rotated during the actuation of the plug-from its plosed into an open position, the spout having the lower extremity of its side which faces in saiddirection nearer than the opposite side of the spout to the axis of the plug, and the lower end face of the spout approaching said axis insaid direction to theextent required to permit the movement of the drip-cup from under the spout during the actuation of the plug into an open position.

2. A faucet comprising a casing which has a li uid-inlet and a. body having a downwar ly projecting spout, a substantially horizontal hollow and ported rotatable plug seated in said body and controlling communication between said'inlet and the spout, and a drip-cup arranged externally of the casing and operatively connected with the plug, said cup being in its drip-catching position under the spout in theclosed position of the plug "and arranged to be moved from under the spout circumferentially of the plug in the direction in which the plug is rotated during actuation of the plug from its closed into an open position, the spout having the lower extremity of its side which] faces insaid direction nearer than the lower extremity of its opposite side to the axis of the plug, the upper edge of the cup abutting against the lower end face of the. spout in the closed position of the plug, and said face gradually approaching-the axis of the plug in the aforesaid direction and to the extentrequired-to permit movement of the drip-cup from under the spout during the munication between said inlet and'the s out, i

and'a dri -cup arranged externally o the casing an operatively connected with the plug, said cup being in its drip-catching position under the spout in the closed position of the plug and arranged to be moved from under the spout circumferentially of the plug in the direction in which the plug is rotated during actuation of the plug from its closed into an open position, the spout having the lower extremity of its side which faces in said direction nearer than the lower extremity of its opposite side to the axis of the plug, the upper edge of the cup abutting, in the closed position of the plug,- against the lower end face of the spout all around the lower and discharging end of the passage in the spout, and said face being wholly in one and the same inclined plane and approaching the axis of the plug in the aforesaid direction to the extent required to permit movement of the drip-cup from under the spout during-the rotation of the plug from its closed position into its fully open position.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, this 10th day of February,

JOSEPH A. COSTELLO. 

